Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – The Slate 60 Philanthropy Conference opened Sunday night. Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. headlined the opening panel about “Philanthropy and the Environment.” Both were outstanding.
I had the opportunity to welcome the guests and introduce the Clinton School students who were in attendance. Our students had incredible experiences visiting with and having photographs made with Spitzer, Kennedy, Sherry Lansing, Michael J. Fox, Justin Rockefeller, Laurie Tisch, Micheal Milken, Jonathan Alter and Carlos Slim among many others. Tomorrow Charlotte Lewellen Wiliams, director of the Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy, is on the program along with Former President Clinton, Former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin, Fox and Slim.
In addition to the Clinton School and Clnton Foundation representatives, Arkansans represented inluded Jo Luck of Heifer International, Little Rock City Manager Bruce Moore, North Little Rock Mayor Pat Hays, Don Munro of Hot Springs, Brad and Anna Kay Williams of Little Rock and David and Jane Gearhart of Fayetteville.